Monthly Archives: September 2013

Chuck Clark (Dustin Hoffman) and Lyall Rogers (Warren Beatty) are a bad songwriting duo fruitlessly trying to pen their first hit. They are told by someone in the know to discard the dream of writing a pop masterpiece and to … Continue reading →

Lara Croft is born of privilege. Lara Croft sends the boys crazy. And I know why. (And it isn’t JUST because she has a great rack.) Lara is rich, not NBA player rich, NBA TEAM OWNER rich. The kind of … Continue reading →

Richard Stoker is dead. He leaves behind a widow Evelyn (Nicole Kidman) and India, a teenage daughter without a father. Complicating matters is that Mother and daughter hardly got along while Richard was alive, and with him gone and no-one … Continue reading →

When nice guy Steve (Matthew Broderick) takes small talk with the Cable Guy (Jim Carrey) just one seemingly harmless question too far, he inadvertently introduces something very unpleasant and not at all funny into his life – this film. For … Continue reading →

Every year brings new entries into the ‘we want to build a horror franchise and rake in the easy money’ sweepstakes, hoping to be the new Saw, Hostel, Paranormal or Nightmare on Elm Street. Even Wrong Turn would be acceptable. … Continue reading →

Proof is proof that you don’t need a big budget or an elaborate premise to make an effective film. Proof is proof that Hugo Weaving can act without resorting to pretentious voices and annoying caricatures. Proof is proof that Russell … Continue reading →

Total Recall 2012 – Rumours that Colin Farrell tried to engineer a threesome with Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel were later found to be true, as were rumours that Farrell tried the same thing with the cleaner and a homeless … Continue reading →

As a writing duo Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg are the definition of ‘measure twice, cut once’. The level of preparation and planning in the script development stage is patently obvious, with the benefits flowing through the finished film. Wright … Continue reading →

Hellboy was actually a discovery made through the blood, sweat and chanting of a Nazi / occult collaboration, who upon opening a portal to another dimension were ambushed by Allied forces who shot most of them dead – including occult … Continue reading →

I could tell I was in for a loooooong night within the first three minutes of Bulletproof Monk, when the opening sequence set out to prove just what a gun martial artist Chow Yun Fat was, but actually suggested that … Continue reading →